“And just like that… she let him go — not with tears, but with peace.” Carrie Bradshaw’s journey ends not in heartbreak, but in healing. As Season 3 closes the curtain on And Just Like That, she finally walks away from Aidan, from Big, from the past — and steps into a future that’s hers alone. This wasn’t the ending we expected. It was the one she earned.

Better than sex — but it’s over: And Just Like That ends just as Carrie Bradshaw finally comes into her own

Warning: Spoilers ahead for And Just Like That Season 3, Episode 10, “Better Than Sex”

So this is how it ends — not with scandal or drama, but with something quieter… deeper. Just as And Just Like That was beginning to find its soul, HBO has confirmed that Season 3 will be the show’s final chapter.

For two seasons, the revival of Sex and the City struggled to regain its voice. It tried to grow older, wiser — sometimes too quickly, sometimes not at all. But in Season 3, something finally clicked. The rhythm slowed, the characters deepened, and Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) felt real again.

Her rekindled romance with Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) was never meant to last, and Season 3 gave that truth the tenderness it deserved. Their final breakup didn’t feel like failure — it felt like clarity. And when Carrie meets Duncan (Jonathan Cake), we see it: she’s not just ready to love again, she’s ready to choose differently.

This was the Carrie we’ve waited for. Not the fashion icon, not the chaos queen of breakups past — but a woman who has loved, lost, and survived both.

Other characters were finally getting their due. Miranda found a surprising sense of peace with Joy (Dolly Wells). Seema (Sarita Choudhury) emerged as the voice of confidence and independence. Even Anthony found storylines worth watching. Slowly, the revival was becoming a show about evolving — not just aging.

So why end it now?

According to showrunner Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica Parker, this was always going to be the “natural stopping point.” No dramatic cancellation. No ratings crash. Just a mutual understanding that the story had arrived at its final paragraph.

Still, it’s hard not to feel a pang of loss. For fans of Sex and the City, these women were more than characters — they were friends. We watched them navigate their 30s in stilettos and heartbreak, and now, in their 50s, they were finally learning to stand still.

SJP posted a farewell montage to Instagram — a poetic nod, not quite a goodbye. It felt like a curtain drawn slowly, lovingly. And maybe that’s the point: not all endings need to be explosive. Some deserve silence and a slow fade to black.

And Just Like That may not have been a perfect continuation. But it gave closure — not just to Carrie, but to us. And in its final episodes, it reminded us what Sex and the City was really about: finding your voice, even when the world changes around you.

And just like that… it’s over.